The US Attorney General wants to make challenging climate change a criminal offence. The US Department of Justice has been considering whether people should be prosecuted for the offence of climate change denial. Loretta Lynch told the Senate Judiciary Committee last week that not only had she discussed internally the possibility of pursuing civil actions against so-called ‘climate change deniers’ but that she had asked the FBI to examine whether or not it met the criteria for which legal action could be taken Ron Paul Institute reports: Attorney General Lynch is not responding to any criminal acts committed by climate change skeptics. Instead, she is responding to requests from those frustrated that dissenters from the alleged climate change consensuses have successfully blocked attempts to create new government programs to fight climate change. These climate change censors claim that the argument over climate change is settled and the deniers’ success in blocking congressional action is harming the public. Therefore, the government must disregard the First Amendment and silence anyone who dares question the reigning climate change dogma. This argument ignores the many reputable scientists who have questioned the magnitude, effects, and role of human action in causing climate change. If successful, [...]